[erlang-questions] {error,timeout} with gethostbyname

[Peter Donner]

info wrote:
> nslookup localhost
>>>>>>>>>>>>> server: my_host.my_domain.local
>>>>>>>>>>>>> address: 192.168.1.33
>>>>>>>>>>>>> my_host.my_domain.local doesn't find localhost: no existing domain (*** I translated from french ! )

You should get the address 127.0.0.1 for localhost. Did you remove the 
entry "127.0.0.1	localhost" in your hosts file?


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Peter Donner